Winners of The 16th Annual Research Presentations

The 16th Annual Research Presentations arranged by the Research School in Clinical Medicine has finished with great success. The event was held from 267th to the 28th of January, 2022.

PhD Candidates and Postdoctoral Fellows/Scientists affiliated to the UiB/Department of Clinical Medicine (K1) & Clinical Science (K2) at Faculty of Medicine and Helse-Vest participated with projects presented in national or international conferences during 2021.

Members of the Evaluation Committee were Gottfried Greve, Silje Skrede, Kjell-Morten Myhr and Stian Knappskog.

On the first day of the event, 37 projects were presented as Poster Presentations.

On the second day of the event, 11 projects were presented as Oral Presentations.

Three projects presented by PhD candidates were awarded "The Best Poster Presentation Award"

First place winner:  10 000 NOK

Trond Røed Pettersen: Perceptions of effifficacy and safety of generic medicines in patients aftfter percutaneous coronary intervention

Second place winner: 5000 NOK

Kristine Fjellanger: iCE: a novel approach to automated multi-criterial radiotherapy treatment planning

Third place winner: 3000 NOK

Dafni Skiadopoulou: Identifification of sequence variants by proteogenomics

Three projects presented by PhD candidates were awarded "The Best Oral Presentation Award"

First place winner:  10 000 NOK

Karine Eid: Childhood abuse and the risk of multiple sclerosis. A prospective, population-based cohort study

Second place winner: 5000 NOK

Martha Haugstøyl: Karakterisering av naturlige dreperceller (nk celler) i fettvevet hos personer med fedme

Third place winner: 3000 NOK

Elisabeth Nilsen Husebye: Plasma unmetabolized folic acid in pregnancy and risk of autistic traits and language impairment in antiseizure medication-exposed children of women with epilepsy

Projects presented by Postdoctoral Researchers/Scientists were nominated for the "Open Class Award"

Open Class Award: 10 000 NOK

Jan-Inge Bjune: Irx3 utøver epigenetisk kontroll over fettcelledannelse

Project received the most votes from the audience was awarded "The People’s Choice Award"

"The People’s Choice Award":

Håkon Magne Vegrim: Maternal Epilepsy, Prenatal Exposure to High Dose Folic Acid, and Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Nordic Registry-Based Cohort Study

We are looking forward to seeing all of you and your projects in the 17th Annual Research Presentations by the Research School in Clinical Medicine in January 2023